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  1. Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology

    To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...

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  2. Digital Breadcrumbs (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology; Media studies

    This podcast explores the digital trail that users of modern technology accumulate - via the use of apps, mobile phone calls, Google searches etc. - and its implications for privacy, data protection and big...

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  3. Digital Visualisation and Mapping Communities of Practice (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology; Technology

    Martin Zaltz Austwick of the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College, London, discusses data visualisation with particular reference to its application in mapping communities. [38...

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  4. Childhood and New Technology (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology; Sociology

    The relationship between technological change and social behaviour is a significant one for sociologists and this film explores some of the ways new communication technologies, such as mobile phones and...

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  5. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

    Director
    Werner Herzog
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £9.99

    Werner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as...

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  6. How to Program: Computer Science Concepts and Phyton Exercises (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 744 minutes (24 lectures)), £54.99

    Professor John Keyser from the Department of Computer Science at Texas University provides a comprehensive overview of Python 3, one of the most accessible and popular computer languages. Using real examples...

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  7. Internet Research - What’s Credible? (2015)

    Director
    Richard Granberry
    Producer
    Richard Granberry
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 29 minutes), $129.95

    On the Internet it’s easy, and fast, to research a topic with a few keystrokes. But it’s also very easy to receive unreliable and non-credible information that distorts research efforts. How can you tell...

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  8. Africa’s Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies; Information technology

    Video podcast from the Oxford Internet Institute. Padrig Carmody analyses the phenomenal recent growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa. Based on over two hundred firm level interviews in...

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  9. Did the Romans Get It Right? (2015)

    Subject
    Information technology; Law

    Video webcast by Dr Peggy Valcke giving a legal analysis of what Google, eBay, UPC TeleKabel Wien and Delfi have in common. In contemporary information societies Online Service Providers (such as AOL, Apple,...

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  10. Share Remixing Digital Archives: The Victorian Meme Machine (2015)

    Subject
    History; Information technology; Media studies

    Bob Nicholson (Edge Hill University) discusses a project which he undertook in 2014 with the British Library Labs to find and revive thousands of forgotten Victorian jokes. His ‘Victorian Meme Machine’...

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